How to Avoid being a Selfish New Leader
Morale was low and the boss was blaming them. Martin (name changed) was never wrong. He’d won a bunch of awards working in one of the...
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Dave Anderson
Oct 18, 20223 min
The Difference Between Selfish and Selfless Teammates
Selfish teammates ensure mediocrity for the team. She never did anything for anyone – unless there was a payoff. I am not talking about a...
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Dave Anderson
Oct 11, 20223 min
Executive Case Study: A Brilliant Lack of Character
Elizabeth Holmes went from billionaire to a net worth of zero in 12 months. She dropped out of Stanford. Raised millions of dollars from...
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Dave Anderson
Oct 4, 20223 min
Four Integrity Tests Middle Managers Face
Middle managers have more impact on the culture than the executives do. Integrity tests are part of leadership. How a middle manager...
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Dave Anderson
Sep 27, 20223 min
New Leaders: Your Standards will Test Your Integrity
Each time a new leader claims to have standards, an Integrity test is coming. The standards. Sometimes new leaders are too heavy handed...
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Dave Anderson
Sep 20, 20223 min
Three Ways Workers Sacrifice Their Integrity During Online Training
Integrity gets hard when it’s going to cost you something. Mandatory online training. Those three words produce groans across every work...
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Dave Anderson
Sep 13, 20223 min
Five Things Humble Executives Do Well
Humble Executive should not be a misnomer. The highest ranked people in an organization achieved those lofty heights because at each...
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Dave Anderson
Sep 6, 20222 min
Middle-Management and Getting the Bigger Picture
Have the people above me reached a rank where common sense no longer functions? It’s easy to critique the performance of the leaders...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 30, 20223 min
Ego and Three Lessons New Leaders Need to Know
Many new leaders have to learn these lessons the hard way - like I did. “I was good where I was before. Why am I failing where I am now?”...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 23, 20224 min
3 Lessons Firefighters Taught Me About Humility
Sometimes I need to learn old lessons the hard way - again! Recently, I was wearing sixty pounds of firefighting gear and questioning my...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 16, 20222 min
Why Do Some Executives Do Courage Well and Others Don’t
You have to DO what you want to BE. In history, we can look back at executive level leaders who exercised Courage in the face of...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 9, 20222 min
The Courage it Takes to be a Middle Manager
The common denominator was Courage…or the lack of Courage. Middle Manager literally means you are caught in the middle. You need an...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 2, 20223 min
Every New Leader Faces this Courage Test
The first time I faced this test, I failed miserably. How do you lead people who used to be your peers? New leaders in large...
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Dave Anderson
Jul 26, 20223 min
Courage: Nobody Hired You to be Passive
Your choice is The Active Path or The Passive Path You just got this job. You’re in unfamiliar territory and do not know who or where to...
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Dave Anderson
Jul 19, 20224 min
I’m Not a Leader…Yet! - Leading in Your Twenties Series
"But, I'm not a leader." When someone makes that statement, I always add "YET!" There is a problem with that statement. The person making...
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Dave Anderson
Jul 12, 20223 min
How to Exercise Positivity - Leading in Your Twenties Series
Who wants to spend time with Eeyore? Answer: Only other Eeyores. "Your attitude is a choice. Make a different choice!" My dad, The...
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Dave Anderson
Jul 4, 20222 min
West Point's 4th of July Prayer for Leaders
Thirty-eight years ago this week, I entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. We were the Class of 1988. In our first...
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Dave Anderson
Jun 28, 20224 min
How to Exercise Duty - Leading in Your Twenties Series
Reliable, Initiative, Proactive, Accountable, Low Maintenance, Easy to work with, a "Go to" person, a Leader. These are the words and...
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Dave Anderson
Jun 21, 20224 min
How to Exercise Selflessness - Leading in Your Twenties Series
Selfishness or Selflessness - practice makes perfect! On our best days, most people will look in the mirror and realize they did...
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Dave Anderson
Jun 14, 20223 min
How to Exercise Integrity - Leading in Your Twenties Series
The generation of leaders emerging now needs to be different. If you are in your twenties and are dissatisfied with the status quo, you...
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